Re: [Fis] molecular discussion

Hello, Dr. Shu-Kun Lin,

I dealt with this matter some time ago. I may suggest a couple of
references, namely
<http://www.patronov.net/personal/papers/map1.pdf>http://www.patronov.net/personal/papers/map1.<http://www.patronov.net/personal/papers/map1.pdf>pdf
http://www.patronov.net/personal/papers/map2.pdf
<http://www.patronov.net/personal/papers/cmpl.pdf>http://www.patronov.net/personal/papers/cmpl.<http://www.patronov.net/personal/papers/cmpl.pdf>pdf

with my (very unfinished and not complete) view on this subject. If you are
interested you may follow the links above.

Regards,

Igor Rojdestvenski
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> Dear Xerman,
>
> Thanks for the comments. I am writing a paper using the established
> methods of data compression to calculate the information theoretical
entropy
> and assess the stability. I am very sure this is the correct approach.
> However, there is still a lot to do. What is
> the relationship between energy and information related to
> molecular recognition? For ideal gas system, energy divided by kT
> (k is Boltzmann constant and T the temperature) gives data (information
> theoretical entropy S, information I and L=S+I). How about other
> cases where the considered system is not an ideal gas system?
> Truly a lot to do.
>
> Shu-Kun
>
> "Xermán de la Fuente Leis (by way of "Pedro C. Marijuán" )" wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > This is my first posting in this list. I am a chemist working on
> > laser interaction with materials. My interest on information is
basically
> > related to the analysis of molecular systems, so I am delighted with
the
> > current discussion on molecular recognition. In my opinion, the
electronic
> > interactions play an essential role in any 'recognition' phenomena. Any
> > instance of recognition involves changes in the electronic structure of
the
> > participant molecular partners: so, basically, the making or breaking
of
> > what we define as 'chemical bonds'.
> >
> > Then comes my question: do we really understand "the chemical bond"
> > concept? I mean, do we have a solid theoretical bridge in between the
> > principles of quantum mechanics and the simplified views of chemists
> > (ionic, covalent, van der Waals, metalic... bond types)? Shouldn't this
> > very classification be questioned?
> >
> > If we want to understand molecular recognition as a foundation of the
> > informational phenomena of living beings, we have to discuss first the
very
> > roots of that phenomenon.
> >
> > Twenty years ago, like most chemists, I shared the view that chemical
> > structures were all 'balls and sticks'. Now I think we have to explore
a
> > new (informational?) approach beyond the limitations and the very few
> > 'model systems' analyzed by quantum mechanics.
> >
> > best regards
> >
> > Xerman
> >
> > PS. My greetings to Shu-Kun for his very interesting papers on
molecular
> > recognition.
> >
> > Xermán de la Fuente
> > Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón
> > CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza
> > Laboratorio de Procesado de Materiales por Láser
> > María de Luna, 3 50018 Zaragoza
> > Tel. 976.76.25.27 ó 607.28.20.07
> > Fax 976.76.19.57
> > email: <mailto:xerman@posta.unizar.es>xerman@posta.unizar.es
> >
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Dr. Igor Rojdestvenski,
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Umea university,
Umea 90187,
Sweden
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